Wasteland Ecology


  • Photographer
    Jennifer Colten
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2014-2016
  • Technical Info
    archival inkjet prints

In this ongoing project, "Wasteland Ecology", I explore malleable landscapes as they shape around the sites of industrial and old toxic zones. The vegetation, as it follows the disruptions of the landscape, reveals unplanned ecological restoration. The land shifts over time and new life emerges, sitting parallel to the traces of human activity. I am interested in the inter-dependent relationships between nature and the human experience, and focus on these specific sites to show nature ruptured, yet quietly sustaining. This landscape presents a coexistence of composed beauty alongside the ruined land. I am particularly curious about this shifting space and search for sites that reveal a certain underlying strength and perseverance. These are environments which exist, even thrive at the margins, maintaining ecological life in spite of human intervention.

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